Facebook rolling out GIF-supported polls on mobile and web

Facebook GIF Poll

Facebook has rolled out gif-supported polls feature that now lets you add gifs and photos as poll answers instead of old-school text options. Facebook has added stickers as polling options to Stories feature on Instagram just last month. Facebook seems to have borrowed the feature from Twitter which lets you add four gifs, unlike just two on Facebook.

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Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones

Xiaomi Mi Drop

Xiaomi’s MIUI focuses towards providing a complete user experience and to achieve this MIUI is loaded with many system apps like Explorer, Recorder, Compass, Scanner and many more. A couple of days back Xiaomi announced the lightning fast MIUI 9 Global with many changes including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Notification Shade, App Vault, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, Mi Video App and Mi Drop. In this post we will cover the all new Mi Drop app which comes with a simple UI and is capable of transferring all types of file. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Drop – Transfer files between Android phones”

YouTube kids app updated with fresh new look, new parental controls, kid profiles and more

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On the occasion of YouTube Kids first birthday in India, the company has rolled an update that brings fresh new look, more parental controls, kid profiles and more to the app. YouTube Kids was launched in India back in November 2016. The company says that new features are incorporated into extensive research and inputs gathered from kids and parents.

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Facebook’s Bonfire group video chat app released for Android

Facebook Bonfire

Facebook’s Bonfire app which was launched for iOS in Denmark a few months back is now available for Android. Bonfire is a group video chat application that closely resembles Houseparty application that was launched last year.

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Facebook posts strong Q3 2017 results, has 2.07 billion MAUs

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Facebook reported strong third-quarter for 2017 and topped the expectations of Wall Street. The company estimates around 1.37 billion daily active users on average for September 2017 which is an increase of 16% year-over-year.

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WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature now available to all users

WhatsApp Delete for Everyone

WhatsApp started testing message recall or ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature last month and it started rolling out for some Android beta users last week. Today WhatsApp has announced that it has announced that the feature is available to all the users globally. WhatsApp said that both you and the message recipient must be using the latest version of WhatsApp for the message to be successfully deleted. Continue reading “WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature now available to all users”

Instagram testing stop-motion camera and redesigned mid-feed stories preview features

instagram stories

Instagram seems to have been testing two new features; the Stop-motion camera and redesigned mid-feed stories preview. The company just rolled out the Superzoom camera that let’s create a Dramatic Chipmunk-style zoom with a single tap.

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YouTube TV app launched for Android TVs, Xbox One, Apple TV and more

YouTube TV

YouTube TV was introduced back in April with content from networks 35 of other cable networks for $35 per month. Using ChromeCast or another streaming device, you can stream the content from your mobile device to your TVs as well as there was no native YouTube TV app. Today the company has finally launched a proper Android TV app; the YouTube TV.

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Google Chrome 63 Beta for Android brings changes to Chrome home UI, new Flags page and more

Google Chrome 63 Beta for Android

Just after a week after the release of Chrome 62, Google has rolled out the Chrome beta 63 with new changes and additions. It is giving the finishing touches for Chrome Home U.I, a brand new flags page, new options for web apps and more.

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Facebook rolls out halloween-themed face masks, stickers and more for Facebook and Messenger apps

Facebook Halloween

After rolling out Halloween inspired stickers and live filters to Instagram, Facebook and Messenger apps are now updated and themed to fit the Halloween theme best. The new update brings dozens of Halloween-themed masks, frames and stickers.

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Mi Video App – Video Player App from Xiaomi

Mi Video Player App

Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins with more than 200 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of android, but what sets it apart from other android skins is its feature richness and customizations. MIUI gets updated biweekly, which includes closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday. A week ago, Xiaomi introduced a new app ‘Mi Video’ as a system app with MIUI Beta update and now after spending sometime with the app we are here to share the features of Mi Video Player App. Continue reading “Mi Video App – Video Player App from Xiaomi”

WhatsApp starts rolling out Message Recall feature in the new beta update

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WhatsApp message recall or delete for all feature has been in the news for quite some time now. Though we heard few times that the update is being tested, it never got rolled out until today. The new beta release with version number v2.17.399 seems to have bought this feature for some.

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Instagram rolls out Superzoom camera, Halloween inspired Face Filters and Stickers

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Just in time for Halloween, Instagram has rolled out a new update with Superzoom and Halloween inspired Face Filters and Stickers. This update comes two days after rolling out the ‘go live with a friend‘ feature. This new update brings creative tools and a new camera format called Superzoom just in time for the Halloween.

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Facebook Workplace for Desktop, Android and iOS updated with new look, easy navigation and more

Facebook Workplace Chat

One year after the launch, Facebook’s Workplace for Desktop, Android, and iOS gets updated with new design, look and feel of the platform, easy navigation and better conversations that will make the Workplace much easier to use.

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Get Stock Android-like Notification Center in MIUI with Material Notification Shade

Material Notification Shade

MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins but there are few things we do not like about MIUI and one of them is MIUI notification panel because it lacks basic stock android features like Quick reply and painful two finger swipe down to expand notifications gesture.

If you ever missed quick reply feature and want a not so difficult way of expanding notification on your Mi/Redmi device, this tutorial is a must read for you because we have found an interesting app that replaces the notification panel with a stock like notification panel and at the same time gives you freedom of customization. Continue reading “Get Stock Android-like Notification Center in MIUI with Material Notification Shade”